A glimpse of mining history just beyond the tree line.

One of the world's smallest city parks is only 12 by 20 feet.

This spectacular fault escarpment, a popular hang-glider launch point, extends some 30 miles long and towers about 2,500 feet over the valley floors to the west.

Right here, members of the Lewis and Clark expedition boiled ocean water to make salt.

A mass of iron named for the fire-dwelling mythological amphibian sits alongside the first west coast iron furnace.

A remote trail traverses the little-known Gearhart Mountains of southern Oregon.

Oregon's only closed-basin hypersaline lake, an important stopover for migrating waterfowl, is in danger of drying up completely.

The third tallest plunge fall in Oregon, worth visiting year-round.

Stay in an old lookout cabin atop Oregon's spectacular Winter Ridge.

A haven for wildlife amid the farmlands and development of the Willamette River Valley.

A Portland legend tells of small green archers shooting random passersby with visionary arrows.

An unfinished railroad project is now a hidden tunnel.

This square in downtown Eugene is dedicated to the novelist and countercultural figure Ken Kesey.

This 85-foot-long table is made from a single slice of an old-growth Douglas Fir.

The original span of a high bridge across the deep Crooked River Gorge has been preserved for pedestrian use.

Now a secluded county park, this site was once a "health tourism" destination for wealthy Oregonians.

A small Oregon museum is filled with a robust history.

Spectacular volcanic cliffs along the Crooked River invite hiking, rock climbing, and photography.

This incongruous small ferry across the Willamette River north of Salem, Oregon has been operating continuously since the 1850s.

Dozens of whimsical bear statues "hibernate" here during the winter months.

Members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs still net migrating salmon in the traditional way at this cataract on the Deschutes River.

This coastal rock formation resembles a churning cauldron at high tide.

During its heyday, 72 one-ton buckets from this dredge bore into the Powder River excavating vast gold deposits.

Atop an active stratovolcano, two lakes separated by a narrow strip of land.